sent to Earth First! Newswire A group of Native American protesters seeking to protect land that is sacred to them have begun prayers for the water, the land, and future generations at Peehee Mu’huh, also known as Thacker Pass, this morning. They are […]
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Resistencia Mapuche Lavkenche Claims the Attack on Aggregates & Forestry Machines in Los Álamos, Wallmapu
from Anarchist Federation On Friday, April 29th, a sabotage action was carried out against a machinery and transport company dedicated mainly to the extraction of aggregates and forestry work in Los Álamos. It had a great impact with 33 equipment set on […]
Continue readingCanadian Pacific Railway Police Service Charges Dropped Against Land Defender Vanessa Gray
from North Shore Counter-Info My name is Vanessa Gray. I am an Anishinaabe Kwe organizer, community researcher, and Land defender from the Aamjiwnaang First Nation. On November 21st 2021, Canadian Pacific Railway Police Service issued charges against me in connection to an […]
Continue readingCaravan for Water and Life in Mexico
from Abolition Media Peoples, organizations and collectives from different states called for the “Caravan for water and for life: Peoples united against capitalist dispossession”, to denounce “the repressive escalation of dispossession and plundering” against indigenous communities and Mother Earth and to “enforce […]
Continue readingThe Hidden Story of a Notorious Guatemalan Nickel Mine
by Sandra Cuffe / The Intercept CRISTÓBAL POP VIVIDLY remembers when the lake suddenly turned red. Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ fishermen depend on Lake Izabal, Guatemala’s largest lake, for their livelihoods, and Pop had just been elected president of the local fishers guild when […]
Continue readingEnbridge Crews Punctured Three Aquifers During Line 3 Construction
by Jennifer Bjorhus / Star Tribune Damage to Minnesota’s public groundwater resources from construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline is more severe than previously known, state environmental regulators disclosed Monday. Enbridge Energy crews ruptured three groundwater aquifers while building the 340-mile […]
Continue readingSupreme Court Declines Appeal in Dakota Access Pipeline Case
by Chris Schaino / Unicorn Riot Washington, DC – Today the United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal brought by Energy Transfer, the energy giant behind the highly contested Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). This means that the existing federal court […]
Continue readingMexican Forces Evict Indigenous Activists Who Took Over Water Bottling Plant
by Tamara Pearson / Truthout Around 300 Mexican National Guards and state security forces violently evicted Indigenous environmental activists from their community center in Puebla this week, on the morning of February 15. The community center had been a foreign-owned water bottling […]
Continue readingCoastal Gaslink workers ‘shaken’ following violent attack at Morice River drill site
from CKPG Today BRITISH COLUMBIA— Mounties in Houston, B.C. are investigating a violent incident that left Coastal Gaslink (CGL) workers “shaken.” It happened shortly after midnight this morning (Feb.17) on the Marten Forest Service Road. “It was reported approximately 20 people, some […]
Continue readingThree Arrested by BIA Police at #DefendWinnemuccaCamp—Support Needed!
from Indigenous Action ALERT! ALL LAND DEFENDERS WATER PROTECTORS: We have a developing situation with three arrests at #DefendWinnemuccaCamp and need numbers. ASAP. – Must come self-sufficient to camp outdoors (high desert conditions). – We have restrooms, showers, and meal prep space. […]
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